Jimmy Carter

San Antonio Rep. Joaquin Castro will be one of a few select members of Congress who will share a stage with President Barack Obama when he marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Obama, the first African-American president, will deliver remarks Wednesday on the very steps of the […]
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With health concerns looming, both former president George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Bush have declined invitations to this year’s presidential inauguration festivities. According to ABC News, former President George W. Bush said they will be absent due to former President George H.W. Bush’s recent health scares that kept him in the hospital for […]
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Before the first debate, the Obama-Biden ticket was leading in the RealClearPolitics poll index by an average of 4 percentage points. Tuesday, for the first time in 2012, Romney and Ryan took the lead. “Obama didn’t just hurt himself, he hurt the brand,” said independent pollster John Zogby. “There’s a lot of pressure on Biden. He has to get them back on track because they’re bleeding now.”
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Then there are debates that prove to be pivot points in a presidential election campaign. Here are examples of five such encounters — four presidential debates and one vice-presidential event — that played a role in the ultimate result in November.

Most presidential debates are lost to history, inconsequential encounters in the wide sweep of presidential campaigns. But a few moments have been locked into our memories. Here are ten of the key most intriguing moments in the 52-year history of presidential debates
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The public has an impression of Mitt Romney, and it’s more negative than positive. No candidate with unfavorable ratings as high as Romney’s has been elected president. Wednesday’s debate in Denver gives the Republican nominee his last best chance to reshape his image before the largest audience of the campaign year.
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Computer models indicate that Mitt Romney should be running at least 5 percentage points ahead of President Obama now, given the nation’s high unemployment rate and low rate of economic growth. But he’s not.

“Mitt Romney is in a world of hurt, and it is going to be very difficult to turn it around,” said Cindy Rugeley, a political science professor at Texas Tech University.

Difficult, perhaps. But not impossible.

Here are six ways Romney could turn his struggling campaign around and build an anti-Obama majority this November

“Millions of Americans are saying ‘enough is enough,’” Republican Senate nominee Ted Cruz told Texas on the Potomac in an interview. “It was the message of the campaign and the message of the grassroots. This primary is a testament to the conservative grassroots across the state of Texas. The reason who prevailed in the primary is that Texans believe in liberty. I do think we are seeing that play out all over the country.”
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“I thought he really showed some personality, a flare for connecting with people,” said David Lehman, 65, a Houston geologist who attended the St. Regis reception with his wife, Patsy. “I was very pleasantly surprised.”
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